Praise the slightest improvement and praise every improvement. Be hearty in your approbation and lavish in your praise.

If you want enemies, excel your friends; but if you want friends, let your friends excel you.

Let us praise even the slightest improvement. That inspires the other person to keep on improving.

I wasn't interested in making a lot of money, but I was interested in making a lot of living.

One of the worst features about worrying is that it destroys our ability to concentrate. When we worry, our minds jump here and there and everywhere, and we lose all power of decision. However, when we force ourselves to face the worst and accept it mentally, we then eliminate all those vague imaginings and put ourselves in a position in which we are able to concentrate on our problem.

Ask questions instead of giving direct orders.

The difference between appreciation and flattery? That is simple. One is sincere and the other insincere. One comes from the heart out; the other from the teeth out. One is unselfish; the other selfish. One is universally admired; the other universally condemned.